Dr. Seyedeh Maryamdokht (Nazanin) Taimoory
(2016-)
B.Sc. Tehran Azad University (Iran)
M.Sc. Sharif University of Technology (Iran)
Ph.D. Brock University
Nazanin was born in Sari, Iran and raised in the capital, Tehran. She obtained her B.Sc. in pure chemistry from Tehran Azad University, North Branch and her Master’s degree in organic chemistry from Sharif University of Technology, an internationally renowned research institution, with Prof. Firouz Matloubi Moghaddam. Her research focused on the synthesis and identification of novel heterocyclic compounds of potential biological interest. After graduation, she was involved in numerous collaborations at different universities working on different research projects preparing chemicals with unique physical properties. She also lectured at Payam Nour University of Tehran and Azad University of Varamin, Iran. She then moved to Canada where she did her Ph.D. in organic chemistry as a Trillium Ontario Scholar at Brock University with Prof. Travis Dudding. Her doctoral work in computational modeling examined various chemical and organic molecules and studied the precise mechanism of asymmetric processes. These advanced quantum mechanical methods were used to provide mechanistic insight into the chemical reactivity and selectivity of host-guest hydrogen bonded complex molecules and catalytic systems. As a member of the Trant Team, she will be primarily working on designing novel artificial amino acids using in silico techniques and synthesizing these materials to develop a new class of therapeutics for auto-immune disorders
